莫等閒白了少年頭
James and Tina are at university.
詹姆斯與提娜在大學裡。
university(n.)大學
Tina: Hi James, what are you doing after school? Do you want to hang out?
提娜：嗨詹姆斯，放學要做什麼？想一起去哪嗎？
hang out出去、聚會
James: I would love to, but I have to write my biology report. I haven’t even started yet…
詹姆斯：我很想去，但我要寫生物報告，我根本還沒開始??
write(v.)書寫biology(n.)生物學report(n.)報告start(v.)開始
Tina: You haven’t even started? But we turned in that assignment weeks ago!
提娜：你還沒開始？但那份作業我們幾週前就交了。
turn in繳交assignment(n.)作業
James: I know. I really wanted to get it done, but it’s so difficult to stay focused.
詹姆斯：我知道，我真的很想弄好，但好難專心喔。
difficult(adj.)困難的stay(v.)保持focused(adj.)專注的
Tina: Ah, so you’ve been delaying your work until the very last minute?
提娜：啊，所以你就拖到最後一分鐘。
last minute=最後一刻
James: Exactly. Every time I sit down to do my work, something comes up. Yesterday I spent six hours cleaning my house!
詹姆斯：對啊，每次我坐下來要開始寫，就會想做別的事。我昨天花了6小時打掃房子！
come up發生spend(v.)花（時間、金錢）clean(v.)打掃
Tina: I like to make a list of everything I need to do, starting with the most important. Then I know what needs to be done now, and what I can do on another day.
提娜：我喜歡把需要做的事情列成清單，從最重要的開始。這樣我就知道什麼要先做，什麼可以隔天再做。
list(n.)清單start(v.)開始important(adj.)重要的
James: That sounds very efficient. I should try that too sometime.
詹姆斯：聽起來很有效率，我應該找時間試試。
sound(v.)聽起來efficient(adj.)有效率的try(v.)嘗試sometime(adv.)某個時候